Very short synopsis:
Illustrated diary of a middle school kid, describing his life at school and at home.

I read it in: German (Gregs Tagebuch)
I liked it: Yes
My thoughts:
I can’t praise this book enough. If you have a school child who HATES reading and so far has never picked up a book voluntarily, try this one! We didn’t listen to the advice of the book sellers at our trusted comic shop (this book is not a comic, though) and discarded their suggestion of that very book because we thought it had too many pages, was too intimidating etc. However, a few weeks later our non-reader came along and told us that he wanted exactly this book. With pleasure, son! He read it in five evenings (224 pages), a miracle. He even copied a paragraph out of the book to take it to school and read to his friends, because I didn’t allow him to take the book. Voluntary writing – another first.
We had ordered the sequel at the same time and he started reading right afterwards.
As the book was also on my TBR list I read it after him and totally enjoyed it. There are a few situations where I cried with laughter. Oh, the things Greg and his mate get up to! It’s just too funny!
If you need a good laugh, even as an adult, get this book!
Product info and buy link :
Title | Diary of a wimpy kid |
Author | Jeff Kinney |
Publisher | Puffin Books |
ISBN | 9780141324906 |
I got this book from | I bought it |
Buy link | Buy Diary of a wimpy kid |
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